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Unplanned Downtime: Causes, Calculations, and Cures

‘Downtime’ is one of the most dreaded words in manufacturing. While downtime is part of life in a factory, managers, operators, and technicians constantly strive to reduce it and mitigate its
Downtime / Sep 22, 2022

Schedule Attainment: Accurately Plan & Meet Production Goals

Did your team finish all the work that was planned for this week? Many KPIs are used in manufacturing to track production efficiency, quality, labor utilization, capacity, waste, and more. These KPIs
MachineMetrics / Sep 15, 2022

How to Improve Quality in Manufacturing

There are a few core measurements that every manufacturer uses to manage their operation. Measurements like efficiency, productivity, capacity, labor, and equipment utilization are almost universally
MachineMetrics / Sep 08, 2022

MachineMetrics, Universal Robots’ Partner to Automate Robot...

Precision manufacturers can now monitor collaborative robots from Universal Robots in real-time to drive automation that improves performance and reliability. NORTHAMPTON, Mass., September 6, 2022 --
press release / Sep 06, 2022
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    Operationalizing Manufacturing Data: From Unconnected S...
    MachineMetrics / August 11, 2022
    History has shown that technology often flips the script on a particular headache. Fifty years ago, most people had three channels on their TV, and the complaint was that there was nothing...

    The Impact of Sensors in Manufacturing
    MachineMetrics / June 16, 2022
    Since the beginning of industrial automation, the manufacturing industry has utilized sensors. Originally, they were used to trigger mechanical responses to reduce manual labor. As sensor technology...

    Manual Data Collection: Manufacturing’s Biggest Problem
    data collection / May 25, 2022
    Manufacturing has always relied on data to measure performance and identify areas of opportunity. But as technology has advanced, many manufacturers continue to operate as they have in the past. The...

    PLC to Cloud: Using IoT to Read Data from a PLC
    inustrial IOT / April 14, 2022
    The seamless integration of IIoT components including IoT hardware, software, and communication protocols has occurred in incremental steps for manufacturers. Early industrial automation systems were...

    The Importance of Data Standardization in Manufacturing
    data collection / March 24, 2022
    The power of data brought to life by the rise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) technologies is undisputed. For manufacturing, it’s no...
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